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John Henry

by Hudson L.

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1.
Subliminal 02:19
as I got hit by a car there was a message for me as I went through the windshield, I noticed something subliminal in an unnoticeable way important and hard to see subliminal while lying there in my bed there was a message for me as i went through the pillow i noticed something subliminal in an unnoticeable way important and hard to see stare into the subliminal for as long as you can
2.
Snail Shell 03:40
Sir hand Or is it ma'am? I fell out of my right place again And you Considered me And now I'm where a snail has to be I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell Was it something you would do for anybody? Was it what you'd only do for me? I need to know because you see I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell Friend Look what you gave And how can you ever be repaid? How may I give you a hand From the position at your feet where I stand? So let me thank you for putting me back in my snail shell I'd like to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell Was it something you would do for anybody? Was it what you'd only do for me? I need to know because you see I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell Snail shell Thank you Snail shell Thank you Was it something you would do for anybody? Was it what you'd only do for me? Or was it something where you acted when you saw the need And knew that there would be a way the act could be repaid? And so it may, but for today, I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell
3.
I got a crush Copy shop clerk But she won't look up at me Don't want to be known as the freak Who just comes around to catch her eye We could be sleeping in the flowers We could sleep all afternoon You'd proclaim that you're an island I'd proclaim that I'm one too Then we float into the harbor With just piers and boats around I declare that I am England You declare that I have drowned I got a ride Home with a drunk guy How ungrateful I must have seemed He showed me how To spin my head round and round We could be sleeping in the flowers We could sleep all afternoon You'd proclaim that you're an island I'd proclaim that I'm one too Then we float into the harbor With just piers and boats around I declare that I am England You declare that I have drowned We could be sleeping in the flowers We could sleep all afternoon You'd proclaim that you're an island I'd proclaim that I'm one too Then we float into the harbor With just piers and boats around I declare that I am England You declare that I have drowned We'll be sleeping in the flowers Tell my boss that I've been fired We'll be sleeping in the flowers Tell my boss that I've been fired We'll be sleeping in the flowers Tell my boss I'm fired We'll be sleeping in the flowers Tell my boss I'm fired
4.
"Do you smile 'cause I'm funny?" said the man "I wasn't joking and I meant the thing I said" "Not at all, not at all" Said the woman to the man "I was thinking of an unrelated thing" Unconnected and free No relationship to anything "How come you never look me in the eye? Aren't you listening to me?" said the man "Not at all, not at all" Said the woman to the man "I'm still thinking of an unrelated thing" Somewhere other than here Something else besides the man "Please explain the expression on your face Then I'll know what's beneath it," said the man "No you won't, no you won't" Said the woman to the man "I'll be thinking of an unrelated thing I'll be thinking of an unrelated thing"
5.
A.K.A Driver 03:19
It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away We can't fly like birds in the air We could walk but we'd never Get there It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away Big hand's on one-twenty Little hand's on E Hey, NyQuil driver It's NyQuil driving time Hey, NyQuil driver Get out my lane, get out my way It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away Hey, NyQuil driver It's NyQuil driving time Hey, NyQuil driver Get out my lane, get out my way Get out my way Hey, NyQuil driver It's NyQuil driving time Hey NyQuil driver Get out my lane, get out my way Get out my way It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away It's just a full day's drive away
6.
I saw the best minds of my generation Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical I should be allowed to glue my poster I should be allowed to think I should be allowed to glue my poster I should be allowed to think I should be allowed to think I should be allowed to think And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea If, by random whim, one occurs to me If necessary, leave paper stains on the gray utility pole I saw the worst bands of my generation Applied by magic marker to dry wall I should be allowed to shoot my mouth off I should have a call-in show I should be allowed to glue my poster I should be allowed to think I should be allowed to think I should be allowed to think And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea If by random whim, one occurs to me If necessary, leave paper stains on the gray utility pole I am not allowed To ever come up with a single original thought I am not allowed To meet the criminal government agent who oppresses me I was the worst hope of my generation Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical I should be allowed to share my feelings I should be allowed to feel I should be allowed to glue my poster I should be allowed to think I should be allowed to think I should be allowed to think And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea If by random whim, one occurs to me But sadly, this can never be I am not allowed to think I am not allowed to think I am not allowed to think I am not allowed to think I am not allowed to think
7.
When I walk down the street, most guys look like elves I don't mean to put them down but they do It's hard to understand me from the language I use There's no word in English for my style What's a man like me supposed to do With all this extra savoir-faire? What is left for me to prove, dear? I know just what to do when the ladies come 'round You can try to copy me but you'll fail Now, you might think you're different but time will prove me right When you wake up from your dream I'll be gone What's a man like me supposed to do With all this extra savoir-faire? What is left for me to prove, dear?
8.
"No More Mister Nice Guy" "I Love the Dead" I've been thinking about it Now I understand what he said Ask me now I understand the words that Alice said I kick the rocks beneath me I squint at the sun Sad, sad, sad, sad Why must I be sad? The rows of dandelions growing all around me Why must I be sad? (sad, sad, sad) (sad, sad, sad) No one knows these things but me and him So I'm writing everything down in a spiral notebook In the hopes that some day Other people will feel as low as this Ask me now I understand the words that Alice said I kick the rocks beneath me I squint at the sun Sad, sad, sad, sad Why must I be sad? The rows of dandelions growing all around me Why must I be sad? (sad, sad, sad) "No More Mister Nice Guy" "I Love the Dead" I've been thinking about it Now I understand what he said Ask me now I understand the words that Alice said I kick the rocks beneath me I squint at the sun Sad, sad, sad, sad Why must I be sad? The rows of dandelions growing all around me Why must I be sad? Welcome To My Nightmare Dead Babies Raped And Freezing You Drive Me Nervous Elected Generation Landslide Under My Wheels Muscle Of Love School's Out Only Women Bleed Billion Dollar Babies why must I be sad why must I be sad
9.
Spy 01:30
I see you from my spy plane, baby I see you walking on the ground I see you through my spy glasses, baby I can see right through the ground If you want to be a spy Then you must really see And you must really see If you want to be a spy like me I might gaze on a submarine I see your face smiling at me Even when I close my eyes Your silhouette is smiling at me But you will never understand me Because I have a special job I wish I could break the spy glass Set it free So we could be
10.
O, do not forsake me, my indolent friends O, do not forsake me though you know I must spend All my darkest hours talking like this For I am one thousand years old One thousand years old Sure, you think that's old One thousand years old But what do you know? In my darkest hour I'm talking like this For I am one thousand years old Oh, some have forgotten the flower of speech And walks through the garden where I go to defend Misbegotten notions while talking like this For I am one thousand years old One thousand years old Sure, I'd say that's old One thousand years old But what do I know? In your darkest hour, my indolent friends We'll be one thousand years old
11.
In my prison cell I think these words I was careless I can see that now I must be silent Must contain my secret smile I want to tell you You my mirror You my iron bars When I made a shadow on my window shade They called the police and testified But they're like the people chained up in the cave In the allegory of the people in the cave by the Greek guy No one understands No one knows my plan Why the dancing, shouting Why the shrieks of pain The lovely music Why the smell of burning autumn leaves No one understands No one knows my plan Why the dancing, shouting Why the shrieks of pain The lovely music Why the smell of burning autumn leaves In my prison cell I bide my time Always thinking Always busy cooking up an angle Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle Sketching out the burning autumn leaves No one understands No one knows my plan I must be silent, must contain my secret smile I want to tell you You my mirror You my iron bars No one understands No one knows my plan
12.
Dirt Bike 03:33
Here comes the dirt bike Beware of the dirt bike Because I hear they're coming to our town They've got plans for everyone And now I hear they're over their sophomore jinx So you had better check it out All hail the dirt bike Philosopher dirt bike Silence as we gathered round We saw the word and were on our way Now it's brain-washing dirt bike Ground-shaking dirt bike Mind-bending dirt bike In control Soul-crushing dirt bike Self-propelled dirt bike You see I never thought I'd understand Till that bike took me by the hand Now I ride Ride Ride
13.
Don't bother to call this room There's nobody here who can pick up Or has stuff they need to talk about And who won't be now checking out and flying By rocket to the moon By airplane to the rocket By taxi to the airport By front door to the taxi By throwing back the blanket, hanging down the legs Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse But you see there's nothing wrong with me You think, "That's what you think That's what they all say" Before I blow you away By rocket to the moon By airplane to the rocket By taxi to the airport By front door to the taxi By throwing back the blanket, hanging down the legs Soon the man who sweeps the room Brings the secret telegram "COMMENCE OFFICIAL INTERPLANETARY EXPLORATION" Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse But you see there's nothing wrong with me You think, "That's what you think That's what they all say" Before I blow you away By rocket to the moon By airplane to the rocket By taxi to the airport By front door to the taxi By throwing back the blanket, hanging down the legs By rocket to the moon Crawl to the rocket By coughing at the airport By limping to the taxi By throwing back the blanket, hanging down the withered leg
14.
I'm sitting on the curb Of the empty parking lot Of the store where they let me play the organ I'm waiting for my ride But I want to wait inside The store where they let me play the organ But I'm thinking of a wooden chair In the room at the top of the stair And I'm looking down the stairwell At the vanishing dot On the map of the spot Let me take you there The dotted line Surrounding the mind Of a self called nowhere It's a thing named "it" In a bottomless pit You can't see it there The sunken head That lies in the bed Of a self called nowhere Standing in my yard Where they tore down the garage To make room for the torn down garage I'm looking for my car But I must have sold my car When I needed to buy an electric organ But I'm thinking of a wooden chair In the room at the top of the stair And I'm looking down the stairwell At the vanishing dot On the map of the spot Let me take you there The dotted line Surrounding the mind Of a self called nowhere It's a thing named "it" In a bottomless pit You can't see it there The sunken head That lies in the bed Of a self called nowhere Nowhere The vanishing dot On the map of the spot Let me take you there The dotted line Surrounding the mind Of a self called nowhere It's a thing named "it" In a bottomless pit You can't see it there The sunken head That lies in the bed Of a self called...
15.
Meet James Ensor Belgium's famous painter Dig him up and shake his hand Appreciate the man Before there were junk stores Before there was junk He lived with his mother and the torments of Christ The world was transformed A crowd gathered round Pressed against his window so they could be the first To meet James Ensor Belgium's famous painter Raise a glass and sit and stare Understand the man He lost all his friends He didn't need his friends He lived with his mother and repeated himself The world has forgotten The world moved along The crowd at his window went back to their homes Meet James Ensor Meet James Ensor Belgium's famous painter Dig him up and shake his hand Appreciate the man
16.
Thermostat 03:21
When the hands that operate the motor lose control of the lever When the mind of its own in the wheel puts two and two together When the indicator says you're out of oil Should you continue driving anyway? There's a thermostat that regulates the temperature That might not be reliable That should be disconnected Turn it up, turn it down Turn it up when the cold brings you down When the heat bothers you, turn it down Turn it up, turn it down As I was just saying As I was just saying As I was just telling you a minute ago I was just talking and someone interrupted Or was it a loud explosion? Or is the thermostat engulfed in flames Or is it just me? Turn it up, turn it down Turn it up when the cold brings you down When the heat bothers you, turn it down Turn it up, turn it down As I was just saying As I was just saying As I was just saying Turn it up, turn it down Turn it up when the cold brings you down When the heat bothers you, turn it down Turn it up, turn it down Turn it up, turn it down Turn it up when the cold brings you down When the heat bothers you turn it down Turn it up, turn it down
17.
Window 01:00
Look at all the people in the window I'm checking out the people in the window I was uncomfortable Now I'm uncomfortable The trouble I encountered when I thought it was, it was a window It was a catalog Of many women, men The window Window Window Look at all the people in the window I'm checking out the people in the window I was uncomfortable Now I'm uncomfortable The trouble I encountered when I thought it was, it was a window
18.
Out Of Jail 02:45
Long before the screen door slammed She was out of Xenia A stranger could have loved that town But she had to leave I wish I'd gotten to know her Before I fell in love I could say who's to blame Say who's the man In this cautionary tale But I swore I'd be true And I'll swear and I'll swear 'Til Kitten's out of jail It was like a TV show The way she stole that car Easy now to criticize Easy now to talk I thought my luck was changing I guess I was wrong I could say who's to blame Say who's the man In this cautionary tale But I swore I'd be true And I'll swear and I'll swear 'Til Kitten's out of jail Didn't want to be a slave Just turned out that way I wish I'd gotten to know her Before I fell in love I could say she's to blame Say she's the man In this cautionary tale But I swore I'd be true And I'll swear and I'll swear 'Til Kitten's out of jail
19.
Stomp Box 01:20
Stomp Box speak my thought Vent these voices from the dark Shout Shout Shout Shout Scream it out Blast your missive Tell the wordless message Little Stomp Box Tear it from my heart Stomp Box, voice of fear Pour the poison in my ear Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill me now Free the demon Hear the ceaseless screaming Little Stomp Box Tear it from my heart Stomp Box speak my thought Vent these voices from the dark Shout Shout Shout Shout Scream it out Blast your missive Tell the wordless message Little Stomp Box Tear it from my heart Kill Kill Kill Kill Kill me now Free the demon Hear the ceaseless screaming Little Stomp Box Tear it from my heart
20.
There's a girl with a crown and a scepter Who's on WLSD And she says that the scene isn't what it's been And she's thinking of going home That it's old and it's totally over now And it's old and it's over, it's over now And it's over, it's over, it's over now I can see myself At the end of the tour When the road disappears If there's any more people around When the tour runs aground And if you're still around Then we'll meet at the end of the tour The engagements are booked through the end of the world So we'll meet at the end of the tour Never to part since the day we met Out on Interstate 91 I was bent metal, you were a flaming wreck When we kissed at the overpass I was sailing along with the people Driving themselves to distraction inside me Then came a knock on the door which was odd And the picture abruptly changed At the end of the tour When the road disappears If there's any more people around When the tour runs aground And if you're still around Then we'll meet at the end of the tour The engagements are booked through the end of the world So we'll meet at the end of the tour This was the vehicle; these were the people You opened the door and expelled all the people This was the vehicle; these were the people You opened the door and expelled all the people This was the vehicle; these were the people You let them go At the end of the tour When the road disappears If there's any more people around When the tour runs aground And if you're still around Then we'll meet at the end of the tour The engagements are booked through the end of the world So we'll meet at the end of the tour And we're never gonna tour again No, we're never gonna tour again

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my TBA album The Void is taking a little longer then usual. Enjoy this full cover of They Might Be Giants' seminal 1994 album John Henry.

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released June 19, 2023

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